Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1897-12 PAGES. CITY OF TORONTO Impressions Received by Visitors to the Dominion Municipality. cigieeeme ts STRANGERS GREETED WITH CORDIALITY The Street Railways Are Owned by the Government. ae IN TH IILITARY ndence of The Evening Star. July 19, 189 and most of the del- heir homes, those Epwerth League conven- he city are talking of iti = that impresses the rdiality with whi ted and the remarkab! of ever i a prive to any one asking be addreesed to a po- arrier, the former will > with those i do with = the | er to driv visitor will have to pay from fifty cents to a dollar for the privilege of getting out. The state of New York has, however, pro- Vided facilities for people who desire to ride around Niagara Falls by establishing a line of coaches, which carry passengers to all the desirable points in the vicinity for the charge of fifteen cents per passen- ger. As a matter of fact, one can visit Niag- ara Falls and see all its beauties at an ex- pense of less than a dollar—this even in- cluding a good meal—or it can be made to cost one ten dollars, and yet he will see no more than he could at the lower figure. ‘There are many men around Niagara, however, who lie in wait for the stranger, and seem to think that all visitors are their legitimate prey, proviled they can entice them into their net. The Washing- .tonian who proposes to visit Niagara Falls will find it advisable upon getting there to make his contracts for any service he may wish before the service is rendered. iy Outside of the falls, the great attraction at Niagara is the immense power house ¥ now supplies the electricity for lighting Buffalo, thirty-two miles away, and with which efforts are beiffg made to furnish electrical power sto consumers in New York city, 462 miles distant. In speak- ing of what it is believed can be accom- plished through the medium of this power house a prominent official said The Power of the Fa Taking all necessary allowance for loss in a hydraulic plant, the power of Niagara if it could be utilized as a whole, would supply more than three million arc lamps of 2,000 nominal candle power each. n idea of what that number means may by imagining a row of are either side of a railway trac from New York to San Fran- » the number named avaiia%le, power lamps might be located de of the track at intervals of rent lamps, there is s wo ‘generators like thos talled in the power house of the Niagara s Power Company, each of whic s s energy equal to that required by aout oo 50-Watt lamps; or, to put it in SXill way, the power of Niagara, if sed for the refining of copper by electro- would deposit more than 2,000 net per hour. incande: ant difference between of coal and utilizing the S$ many ¥ © number ef bic is believed t itors ts are paved with ighted je rider i on that he ow accident in which thing ning thous nd ronto it is suburbs ng the world to s iway Syste system of Toronto investigated by those in- h matters in many cities of S with vleasure to them- 1 public , reservations th: in in response . 1 on of the mment uitled the question of run- cars on Sunday at a spe- for the purpose, and tion was earried by a large major- is said at every woman who . if they pay taxes, have vie bere, voted against run- Sunda: e ‘roud of the Military. stitutions ef which i wom © vote on the * more interest » three regi- soldiers, numbering located here, and in proper facili- other purposes con- tion, the govern them at utes, he is noted that of busine sed at osed no must be kept « z. and ween ta drop of liq néay, nor, so far a off the gra: handsome flo nds people are request- them, but yp! to them, and the themselves to their re is hardly a ity which is not ful park, m ot sur- intained at regation, and th hich iron fences. Th wn open early in the morn- ept open until 1@ o'clock at night ation of the public. This noticeable at St. James’ Metropolitan M. E. Church, tian Church and one or and Congregational erican who comes to sara Falls. It used the only good way to see this ful place was of the river Niag- as been changed company of ener- Americans, and it is universally con- hat, for the purpose of realizing the cur of the fails and its surroundings, t he taken over what {s known as the “great gorge route,” which extends from Lewiston, on the American side, al- Most to the cataract itself. This route is traversed by an electric railway, Jouble- tracked. which runs immediately along the bank on the south side of the river, pass- ing the Devil's Hole, Whirlpool Rapids, the great cantilever and suspension bridges, and landing its passengers within easy walking distance of the falls. Horde of Hackmen. On arriving at the station in Niagara the visitor is met by a horde of hackmen, who will offer to carry a passenger for five cents to almost any distance; and It fs said that after getting one in his carriage the u he er « of water for power purposes. Coal rned cannot be used again. Water power, on the other hand, is a solar engine, perennially renewed. We may utilize the ot Niagara today without subtract- ingle horse-power {rom that which ure intended, not only for our age, but future ages. The thought, therefore, immediately suggests itself that we should, so far as possible, utilize water powers in the mechanic arts, burning coal only for our protection from cold, for the prepar: tion of food, for ne ry metallurgical and other uses. If this be im- we should at least see to it that our utilization of the energy of coal dces not involve undue waste. UtHlization of the Force. “Of course, not all of the power of Ni- agara can be utilized. Aside from aesthetic consideration, which will, perhaps, for all time prevent the utilization of a sufficient amount to impair the beauty of the falls, and considering the subject simply as an engineering problem, large deductions from the figures above named must be made to cover the distance between the total and effective head, this difference representing the fall in canals and tunnels, conveying water to and from the wheels. I suppose it would be possibie to deliver about 4,- 000,000 horse-power to the turbines, and to this amount the turbines would’ deliver about 240),090 horse-power at their shaft. It is estimated that it would be ni to burn more than 130,000,000. to coal per annum to, develop power equal to that of the ‘a river, from the upper limit of the r 2 gorge below the ‘This wou substantially one- i the coal pr of the world, and would materially exceed the entire amo ef coal now used for power purpo. t of modern s of be t of the anthracite coal ania. ar Engine. “Water rai the sun from sea and lake and river is precipitated to the earth by changes of temperature, finds tts way into the great os and thence by the way of the gara river to the rapils above the falls, more than 200 fect above the level of the water in the gorge, imme- diately below the eataract. To a pound of water from the river below the gorge to the head ef the rapids a force of cre pound must be exerted throug a dis- tance, say, of 200 feet. Therefore every pound of water at the upper end of the yids represents 20 foot pounds of ener- gy, which ar@ given up in falling to the lower level. The rate of flow excend: tens of water per second, and the total power is estimated to exceed 5,500,000 horse-power.”” THE POST OFFICE. More Comment on an Interesting and Thrilling Fight. Citizens of Brightwood and Brightwood Park are still eagerly discussing the re- moval of the post office from the former to the latter place, and are waiting a velopments with interest. Mr. Wm. Mc- Kendree Clayton, who led the Park con- tingent at the mass meeting, has some comments to make on the statements of Mr. Green in The Star. Mr. Clayton writes as follows: “If Mr. Green Insists upon spreading Brightwood out into Montgomery county, and in bounding it as the Fourth of July orator bounded the United States—the calm Pacific on the west, the turbulent AUlantic on the east, the aurora borealis on the north and Almighty God upon the scuth—he may be able to find a tew more han the dozen or so houses grouped round the fluence at the 7th and Jith roads and constituting Bri Green accuses me of ‘gross not seeing twenty-five new shiwood. He says he counc- ed that number, and becoming tired, stop- but says there i in ped are more yet—hidien | away im the 1 suppose. Mr. Green's | twenty-tive new houses at Brightwood can | be accounted for but in one way: anything buiit wit twenty-five years is voken of in Brightwood as ‘new,’ nothing is account- ed old there until it aecumulates the dust } of at least a ceniury. Mr. Green is ‘to the nor born,” and he counted as ‘new’ every structure he cuuld s on his mile ride from his house to the post office. Yow as (o my ‘gross ignorance’ in not ning that ‘cur organiza- known as the Brightwood Ave- is composed entirely of twood citizens.’ I am a member of ciation, have been for two years. secretary of the association can fur- h Mr. Green with the names of a num- ber of Brightwood Park residents who ere members of said association; who pay r dues promptly and have served on its jous committees. Mr. W. V. Cox, presi- of said association, will testify to the xood work aone by Brightwood Park resi- dents to advance the common welfare. “When the engine site was in contro- , this same question as to the rela- tive importance of Brightwood and Bright- Wood Park was fought over with the same result, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia conceding Brightwood Park first choice and located the engine house ome distance south of those famous roads werging on Brightwood within a square a half of the new post office site. This a sufficient answer to Mr. Green's charge of ‘gross ignorance’ on my part in not knowing ‘that Brightwood Park had nothing to do with the engine house.’ There was a statement made by the secre- tary of the Brightwood meeting that should be corrected here. He stated that of eighty-four heads of families in -Bright- | wood Park, thirty-three favored the old | site. Brightwood Park is solid—with one exception—tor the new site. This post of- fice fight was a fair, square one, extending over ninety days. Had Brightwood Park been defeated, we would have behaved like men and yielded gracefully to the proper authorities. We would have cir- culated no incendiary handbills, held no ghost dance, passed no resolutions, made no silly threais of boycott and taken no Post mortem votes. “Mr. Green wishes It understood th: Brightwood is separate and distinet front Brightwood Park. We so understand it. The District Commissioners so recognized that fact in the location of the engine house; the Postmaster General now recog- nizes it in the removal of the post office.” It matters little what it is that you want yrwhether a situation or a servantee “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. kr ENDEAVCORERS IN A SNOW STORM. New York and New Jersey Contingent at Yellowstone Park. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wo., July 20.—Two special trains have brought 500 more Christian Endeavorers to Yellowstone Park, including the New York contingent, a few from Pennsylvania and the re- mainder from the New Jersey delegation, the first section of which arrived Saturday. They are being handled by the Park Trans- portation Company, without accident and on schedule time. The delegates who arrived Saturday and are now in the interior of the park ex- perienced the novelty of riding in a snow storm in July. The snow melted almost as fast as it fell. —>—— SALVATION ARMY CELEBRATION. Queen Sends Congrataluatio: cicty’s Anniversary. LONDON, July 20.—The Salvation Army celebrated its thirty-second anniversary at the Crystal Palace today. An enormous on So- gathering assembled, with delegates from | all parts of the world. General Booth read a telegram he had received from the queen conveying her majesty’s congratulations and good wishes, and acknowledging the far-reaching work of the army. Her majesty expressed the hope that the divine blessing may accompany their work. ——— RESCUED THE TREASURER. British Expedition Was Successful in Punishing Matsalley. LABUAN, British Borneo, July 20.-The British resident, who, on the 12ch instant, started in pursuit of the rebel chief, Mat- salley, who had attacked and burned the government station at ‘Gaya, the previous day, looting the town, sacking the treas- ury, and carrying off the treasurer and about £2,000 on deposit, has returned from the punitive expedition, having rescued the treasurer. The British force arrived at Ma‘salley’s headquarters last Friday and immediately opened a cannonade, but it was found that the rebels had fled. A number of the rebel villages were burned by the expedition. a PEACE NEGOTIATION SUSPENDED. Ambassadors Now Waiting to Hear From Their Governments. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20.—The am- bassadors have forwarded to their respec- tive governments their joint suggestions relative to the measures they think neces- sary in view of the contumacy of the porte. Pending the arrival of fresh instructions, the negotiations with Tewfik Pasha have been entirely suspended. SS FRANCE TO BUILD WARSHIPS. Chamber Grants 7,000,000 Francs to Increase French Navy. PARIS, July 20.—The chamber of depu- ties, by a vote of 518 against 18, without debate and after the government had de- clared it a matter ot urgency, adopted the recommendation of the budget committee granting a credit of 7,000,000 francs to be included im the accounts of the current year for commencing new warships, expe- diting the reconstruction of the navy and establishing a naval base at Bizeerta, a fortified seaport of Tunis and the most northern town of Africa. i ——— GOV. McINTOSH TALKS OF ASKA,. Says the Reports of the Gold Find Are Not Exaggerated. SEATTLE, Wash., July 20—C. B. McIn- tosh, governor of the Northwest territory, in which is included the far-famed Kion- dyke district, is in Seattle. ‘The governor frcely subscribed to the truthfulness of the nt out as to the richness of the w diggir He estimates that the Klon- dyke and its tributaries yielded over $3,000,- 000 in gold last wirter. Of this amount, he says, $2,000,000 and upward came via the steamships Portland and Excelsior. More than $1,000,000 in Cust, he says, is now stored away in the cabins of miners along the creek being developed. he British Yukon yield of gold for 1997,"" the governor resumed, “will not be less than $10,000, He ‘says surveyors are now at work trying to ascertain the feas- iLility of the construction of a railroad into the Yukon. One route contemplates a line of steamers from Fort Wrangle up the Styken river. ———— DECLARED INVALID. Judge Fox Decides on Indiana Statute Regarding Convict Goods. RICHMOND, Ind., July 20.—Judge Fox of the Wayne county circuit court today de- clared unconstitutional the Indiana statute of 18% providing that no convict-made goods from other states can be sold with- cut a state license and bond of $5,000. The law also required that the goods be labeled “Convict made.” The case of Wm. H. Porter, salesman for the Frankfort Chair Company, will be carried to the Su- preme Court. LAW ——— FOLLOWERS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. Pioneer Jubilee at Salt Lake, Utah, Opened Today. | SALT LAKE, Utah, July 20.—The pioneer jubilee began today and for the remainder of the week will be witnessed one of the greatest celebrations ever seen in this in- termountain country. Visitors have been pouring into the city and the streets are crowded. All the buildings along the principal streets have been richly decorated in many colors. At night Main street from the temple to 3d street is almost a solid blaze of electric lights; bunting in beautiful de- signs hangs from one side of the street to the other. An extensive program has been arranged for the four days’ entertainment. ‘Today's program was as follows: A national salute at sunrise by the sur- vivors of the Nauvoo Legion. At § o'clock, a salute by Battery A, Na- tional Guard of Utah. At 9, assembling of the pioneers in old Fort Square; march to Main and South ‘Temple streets and unyelling of the mon- ument in honor of Brigham Young and the pioneers. Of the 2,000 pioneers who entered Salt Lake valley in 1847, there are only 650 sur- vivors. These have each been presented with a gold badge valued at $10. The badge presents typical figures in. the early his- tory of Utah, including an accurate me- dailion portrait of President Brigham Young. —_—> China Flies Hawaiian Flag. LONDON, July 20.—C. P. Huntington, president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, through Col. J. W. McFarlane, has had the registry of the steamship China of the Pacific Mail line transferred from the British to the Hawalian flag. The China, under the command of Capt. Sea- bury, sailed from Yokohama July 8 via Honolulu for San Francisco, and is due to arrive there in a few days. ——— Queen Goes to Osborne House. LONDON, July 20.—The queen left Wind- sor Castle this morning at 10:15 by the reyal train and started for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. =e Offered Place by Li Hung Chang. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 20.—Geo. A. Brill of Houghquog, Dutchess county, who graduated from Cornell University in 1888, recently received a cable dispatch from Li Hung Chang offering him a liberal sum to organize and manage a model farm in China under the government. Mr. Brill will accept the offer-and will soon leave for China to enter upon his duties, —— Penalty for Betrayal of Trust. NEW YORK, July 20.—Herbert Taylor, a young Englishman, who, up to three weeks ago, had the position of cashier for the banking house of Monroe & Company, and who betrayed the trust reposed In him by stealing, was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for two and a half years. He had stolen altogether $2,700 when his peculations were discovered, All this money he had spent in “flyers” on the “street.” PRISONER actéusits LAWYER. Henry Albrecht Uhafgen John Moss With Deceiving Him. Considerable of a sersation was occasion- ed in the United States branch of the Police Court this afte n, when the case of Henry Albrecht, a sailor, charged with burning Moy Ong, & latndryman, on the JAMES STROSNIDER ON TRIAL Hearing of the Man Alleged to Have Swindled McKahan. erm with a red hof fron, was called by | Assistant District Attorney Shilling- Judge Mills. . Before any progresa was made in the trial Albrecht arose and’stated that Attorney Moss, who had pre¥iously claimed to be his counsel, had not been employed by him in that capacijy, and that he protested against Moss his defense. Ss Continuing, Albrecht asserted that Moss came to him this morning, while the for- ton Outlines Case for Government— Attorney Taylor for the Defense. The trial of James Strosnider, the young having anything to do with} man who is charged with having last May obtained $250 from James E. McKahan and $25 and a $25 bicycle from Blanche Wheeler, mer was in the dock in the court room] by pretending that he desired to bet the down stairs, and told him the fine for the | money and machine on a foot race between offense with which he was charged, as- sault, was $5, and that if Albrecht would give him that amount, he would settle the S. Lawyer Moss asked permission of the court to make a statement, and, the re- quest being granted, he said he had been requested by a friend of Albrecht’s, named Simmons, to defend the former, and for this he was paid by Albrecht $5. Moss then indulged in a little tirade of abuse against Precinet Detective Hartigan, who, he said, had approached Albrecht during today’s recess of the court and had induced Al- brecht to repudiate Mess as his counsel. Mr. Hartigan asked permission of the court to make a reply to Moss’ charges, but Judge Mills decided that that was noi the time for this to be done, adding that the United States branch of the Police Court was no place for indulging in recrim- inations, and that the hearing of the case must be froceeded with at once. After hearing the testimony, Judge Mills fined Albrecht $20, or, in defauli, sentence of thirty days in jail’ would be incurred. Albrecht asked Judge Mills to compel Moss to return to the five dollars re- ferred to, but the court said he had no authority to do that. — HIS HORSE DEAD. What the Constable Who Pearl Maltby Snys. J. W. Gales, the colored constable of Arrested Rosslyn, Va., by whom, in company with | Stibbs, after getting the money and rit her father, Pearl Maltby was apprehended last Thursday afternoon, had a valuable horse killed this morning near Rosslyn. The animal was turned out to graze, as was Gales’ custom, about 10 o'clock last night. It was seen peaceably grazing about daylight. About 7:30 this morning a con- ductor on the Falls Church line called to Gales that his horse had fallen in a quarry by the side of the road. Investigation showed that the animal had. fallen over a | stib steep cliff, twenty-five or thirty feet, and | said was dead. The animal was between three and four years old, and was valued at $7: The owner suspects that the horse was frightened off the cliff or forced over My some one who has a spite against him, as he says he was told when he arrested Miss Maitby that if she was detained by the po- lice he would suffer for it. ‘The constable states that there are many gambling, fighting and general disorderly cases in or near Rosslyn. Yesterday even- in a report was brought that a colored man by the name of Ephraim Bailey had been cut over the heart in a fight over a small sum of money in a game. The man was not seriously hurt. A warrant was sworn out for Charles Washington, also colored, charging him with the assault, but h@ has not yet been apprehended. ‘This is the second horse Mr. Gales has lost within five weeks, he says, and the death of the first animal was cqually s picious. That horse was an unusually fine one and was valued at $125, Mr. Gales says he has tried to preserve the peace and see that the law is enforced, but he is greatly interfered with by the lawless element in his jurisdiction. He feels keenly the loss of his horses and says h nnot aiford to buy another, and that his efficiency will be impaired by being compelled to any one desires to “aid him in pur- chasing another horse subscriptions wili be raceived at The Star office. eager NEWSIES ADOPT RULES. The Association of “Pape” Sellers Completes Its Organization. At the meeting of the .National New: boys’ Association, held last evening at No. 1218 Biagden court, President William Car- ter read a letter which he kad lately ceived in reply to a ecmmunication by him to the Commissioners. The lett explains the rights of the newsboys, and concludes by saying that the Commi | the ring from Mc ers consider the association a desirable one and worthy of encouragement. New rules were adopted, and it was de- cided tha. they should go into effect Au- gust 15, After that date all the members will be required to wear the badge of the associa- tion, and each member will be allottefl a certain corner where he is to sell his papers. The present members hope to induce a larger number of the newsboys to join them before the new rules go into effect. The officers of the association are: Wm. Carter, president; Samuel Jackson, vice president; Frank Carroll, treasurer; Sam'l Johnson, financial secretary; Ri Johnson, recording secretary, and N. Jackson, manager. —.—_— Anne Arundel Elects Delegates. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPGLIS, Md., July 20.—The repubii- can convention for Anne Arundel county was held here today in a private room. The delegates met in caucus, and without ad- journing named the delegates to the judi- cial and state ccnventions. It was decided not to nominate a ticket at this time, and the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman, Dr. Tuck. Dr. Tuck was in absolute control, having carried every district in the county. The state commit-- tee was named as follows: Dr. W. G. R. T. Brice, Byron Phelps, R. H. P. Morressey and George Jones. SS Peruavian-Spanish Treaty Celebrated. LIMA, Pera, via Galveston, Tex., July 20. —In honor of the conclusion of the treaty of friendstip betwen Peru and Spain, the queen regent has conferred upon President Pierola the cross of Isabe! Catelica. The elections continue quietly. eee ate Changes Among Russian Diplomats, ST. PETERSBURG, July 20.—The ap- pointment of M. Zinovieff, Russian am- bassador at Stockholm, to succeed Count De Nelidoff as Russian ambassador at Constantinople, together with the latter's transfer from Constantinople to Rome, is officially gazetted today. —<—___ National Union Delegates Arrive. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 20.—Already 100 members of the senate of the National son. rd} val William Boyd, alias Billy Stibbs, and an unknown runner, said to have been brought ease for him, and that he then gave him | 0n from Philadelphia by one Arthur Lewis, commenced before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 1 yesterday afternoon, was re- sumed this morning. The two indictments alleging false pretenses were consolidated with one charging Strosnider with the lar- ceny cf a $150 diamond ring from Mr. Mc- Kahan about the same time. In explaining the case to the jury, As- sistant District Atiorney Shillington stated that the government would show that Strosnider and McKahan had known each other from boyhood, both haying resided at Waynesburg, Pa.: that Strosnider came to Washington about the middie of Ma he introduced Boyd to McKahan as Siibbs, explaining that the latter was a very fleet runner; that Lewis had brought on to hingion a runne on whom the Phila- the de- to bet $3,100, proposition being that his man could feat Stibbs; that Strosnider repr MeKahan that Stibbs was a_sure r, “a lead-pipe cinch;” that he (Strosnider) in- formed MeKehan and the Wheeler woman that if they put up the morey they could not lose, and that in that way Strosnider got the money from them. Played a Myth, Lewis and his unknewn runner, said Mr. Shillington, were fictitious persons, the race never occurred, a Strosrider and suddenly left town, the former being sub- sequently arrested in V i Strosnider, said Mr. Shillington, ned ahan by stating that he wished to “flash” it on Lewis, and in that way lead him to believe that he (Stros- nider) had plenty of * On behalf of Strosnider his attorney, Mr. Thos. C. said he would show that Mc jan read ed the money to Stres it being a d that it should be divided between them and bs ded the latter won. ‘The ring, ned by Mc- le the woman, in a race be- tween him and Stibbs a few days before at the Alexander Isiand track, gave the former and $25 more she got from a sale of her bicycle to again bet on him. MeKahan on the Stand. Mr. McKahan was the first witness, and his testimony and that of Miss Wheeler substantially corroborated the contentions of the government. Mr. McKahan was subjected to a long cross-examination, dur- ing which he admitted that he loaned the money and ring to Strosnider, it being understood that he (McKahan) was to act as stakeholder. He denied that he won the money at a game of poker with marked cards with a western repr Congress. He explained, however, he loaned the money and ring on Stros- nider’s representations. Mr. Shillington showed that the Wheeler girl’s bicycle was found in the possession of the defendant's wife in West Virginia, and after Mr. Taylor, much to the surpri of every one, had stated that he would ca no witnesses on behalf of the defendant, Mr. Shillington addressed the jury. The t Cane. He claimed that there could be no doubt of the defendan' guilt. He submitted that the evidence showed that M Wheel- er sold her bicycle to a friend of the pr oner for the very $25 she had a few min- i rosnider, the latier, , having gone out and handed the money to the alleged purchaser. Mr. Taylor argued that his client received the money from both McKahon and Miss Wheeler as a loan, and in the same way obtained the ring. The jury retired shortly after 3 o'clock. —> DAMAGED BY RAINS, overnme: Crops in New England and the Middle States Suffered Some. The Agricultural Department weather bu- reau in its review of crop conditions for the week ended July 19 says: While the week has been generally fa- vorable, some damage has resulted from excessive rains and severe local storms in New Englend and portions of New York, New Jersey and northeastern Alabama Drought also continues unbroken in por- tions of North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas. In the principal corn states of the central , With the exception of portions of Kansas and Missouri where drought pre- vails, the crop has made favorable progr during the week, the reports indicating rapid growth in Ohio, Indiana, Mlinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. | The crop has made substantial progress in Nebraska and Iowa, but is not altogether well cultivated in the last named state. In the southern states late corn has been greatly improved during the past week, except in portions of Louisiana and Texas, where rain is needed. A general improvement in the condition of cotton is reported from the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt and also from portions of the western section. Recent rains in Arkansas and northeastern Texas have improved the crop, but over the greater part of Texas rain’ is needed. In the last named state the plant continu: fruiting generally, but is shedding badl. in localities in central and southern por tions. Picking continues “in southwest Texas. Winter wheat harvest east of the Rocky mountains is completed, except in the more northerly sections. Harvesting continues in the Pacific ccast states, the weather ccnditicns in Oregon and Washington be- ing very favorable. Some spring wheat has been harvested in Nebraska, and the crop is ripening in Iowa and Oregon. In the last named state the cutlook continues most promising. In the Dakotas the weather has not been favor- able, especially for the late sown. In Mia- nesota a splendid crop is promised:on high lands, but on low lands the outlook is not favorable. An excellent crop {s promised in Wisconsin. There has been a general improvement in the condition of tobacco, except in Ken- tucky, where it continues small and uneven, and is being damaged by worms. Cutting and curing continues in the Carolinas and Flerida, and topping is in progress in Vir- Union have arrived to attend the annua! |ginia. session, which convenes ‘today. Many of the delegates have their wives and daugh- ters with them. Twenty-five of the thirty- three states in which 'the order has organt- zations will be represented in this con- vention. —— fe Mrs. N. ©. Creede'’s Claims. LOS ANGELES, ¢al., July 20.—Mrs. N. C. Creede has arrived from Iuka, Miss. She refused to say anything about her pro- ected contest for the estate of the dead miner except that she’ would claim about two-thirds of the estat. —~+_ Work Resumed at Canonsburg. —EEEE DEEP WATERWAY COMMISSI Maj. Raywond’s Appointment Recom- mended by the Secretary of War. Secretary Alger has recommended to the President the appointment of Maj. Chas. W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, as the military member of the commission author- ized by Congress to survey a route for a deep waterway to connect the great lakes with the tide-water of the Atlantic. The names of L. E. Cooley of Chicago and G. Y. Wisener of Detroit have been suggested for appointment as the civilian member of the commission, The third member of the WASHINGTON, Pa., July 20.—Work was | commission will be an officer of the coast resumed at the Boone and Allison mines at | #94 geodetic survey. Canonsburg, Ra.; today. All but thirty-five men went into the mines, as Everything is peaceful ana nearly all the deputies have returned home. 5 ——_— Death of Two Distinguished Peopie. LONDON, July 20.—Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguished poet and novelist, died in London last night. She was in her seven- ty-seventh year. ee ee usuai, | Deposited to the Credit of Conscience. Secretary Gage received two conscience contributions tcday. One of $20 came from Alexandria, Ind., and was inclosed in a note saying: “Too much pay. This month of May.” The other contribution amounted to $100, It was in an envelope, postmarked St. Sir John Charles Bucknill, one of the | Louis, Mo. In each case the money was founders of the volunteer movement of | deposited in the treasury to the credit of 1850, is dead. He was in his eightieth year. a Sir G. H. Reid om the Majestic. LONDON, July 20- sengers by the Majestic from Liverpool New York tomorrow will be Sir G. Reld, premier of New South Wales. en Passed Counterfeit Silver Coin. The Treasury Department is informed of —Among the pas-/ the arrest of Joseph and Patrick O’Con- to| nell and John Blitz, at Warsaw, Ind., yes- H. | terday, for passing counterfeit ‘silver dol- secured and offered. T HE stock consi AD Seohondondsessoogonteageose rgongengensniseese at 3c and 7c are the thousand and are usual prices. On basement floor you may save several dollars in the $ z asked. On first floor table: ¥ one articles for which roc to 25¢ = are the refrigerators, water coolers = § Jeger z bulky goods. In some instances $ cost of a single piece. Soadoegeaseotontoes aml Refrige: rred. The ideal refrigerator ned. Jowet for of $7.50 for the * pright Refrigerator. ‘Th ornamental and economical instead of $5 for the “RB and BR” Rine ne Oil Cook Stove. Solid steel frame and large ton. $1.67 inten; of $2.48 for the Warranted 4” Carpet Sweepers. tead of GAe for the 4 i ar? On ADC Senet itn to Linh borers and large tank. Instead of $1.75 for the Donble S129 aed sit diac anc turer nd two oil tank 25 for the “Fire Queer = Stove, with two d BF instead of $1 Doudle burners. Ga for the “Brookly with fron oven and Preserving Kettles, the usual prices wares. for Enameled 37c for 19¢ 1 “Aga instead of for Enamel Steel Tea Pots, 2-quart size, traine Caniste a a ee a ee te De Ot A te ee Be A Oe Oe ee te Ae a 4 ys & amon § 3 4 -Carisbad China Plates, all 3. After-dinner Goffees. By : sseegeesegeseete Sreseetoetoeteetoegeeegecgoedocdoedpedeadeatvatoateadoe ma TOY DEALER'S THE PooR Nearly Ten Thor sand Dollars in Cash Found Under the Bed. From the New York Sun. For nearly twenty years Frank Coghit! kept a little shop on the Bowery. dirty, stuffy place, filled with a confu: on It was a| PALAIS ROYAL, of all manner of toys, to which was added, | n, a stock of fireworks. Coghill bing business. The first floor of the building was his sales room. the second his store room, and on the third he lived | with his aged mother and his clerk, a wo- man named Cohen. When he first opened the shop he did business on a small scale, but never as a retailer. When asked one day why he preferred to be a jobber, he said: “It's just as easy to sell $i0 worth of goods as 10 cents’ worth, and the man who buys the larger quantity is usually the bet- ter able to pay for them. When anybody how business was his invariable reply would b: “Business! There is no business. I'm get- ting poorer every day. If 1 could get rid of the store and my goods I could make | more money sweeping the street It was noticed, however, that whenever he replenished his stock, no matter to what extent, he always had the cash to pay for ver his purchase: But even his mother thought he was just managing to live. He never was known to take a vacation, He worked so the in taking cr indeed to leave the early and late on wee story go he spent his an inventory of his stoc his health had been seemed to be affected, and he had promi his mother to take a two months’ y this summer, although when he made the promise he said he didn’t know where the money was coming from to pay his ex- pei Three weeks ago Wednesday just after he got up in cil t pains in his heart came back. He was Standing near his bed partly dressed. Sud- denly he ve a cry which brought Miss Cohen to the room. Coghill was tottering when the woman reached the door. fell backward Miss Cohen caught him in her arms. He died a few moments after- ward. After the funeral a search was made of his effects to see what there was to go on with. An old black satchel was found un der the bed. It was so heavy his mother could hardly lift it, and she called Miss Cohen. The two women opened the valise. It was nearly full of packages done up in writing paper, most of the packages about the length of a bank note. There were others which, in size and shape, resembled the large firecrackers Coghill had sold 30 long. The women opened one of the larger packages. It contained greenbacks, with a $10 bill on top. They counted the bills and found nearly $200 in the package. The bills were mostly fives and tens, with a few ones. The women concluded that the valise was filled with greenbacks and coin, and took it down stairs and locked it in the safe that night. The next day Mrs. Coghill consulted a lawyer and then took out letters of ad- ministration. The valise and its contents were taken down to the United States Trust Company, where the money was counted and deposited. It was found that the ac- cumulations of the toy merchant amounted to $9,954.50. Some of the bills were nearly fifty years old. Some were badly torn and most were mildewed. They were done up chiefly in packages of $300 each. Most of the bills were fives and tens, but there were a few fifties and hundreds. What else may be discovered among the effects of this poor man who couldn’t make a living out of his business is a matter of present speculation on the part of his mother and the few relatives who may come into the estate after the old lady. + A Characteristic Cry. From Pack. First summer girl—“You should have slept with me last night, Tess. The man in the next room kept hollering ‘Cash! Cash!’ “igecond. summer gi-"Wonder which he is—dry goods clerk or foreign nobleman?” —_—- -se0--__ It matters little whet it is that you want a situation or a servant—a gas stoves, ra inws. . Mus: Hand tel rden v Saucer ance Dishes Leaps choke $4.95 msi Artistically how! a very expensty. 98c Serge ay 98c inst for family size Clo with hard wood frame, . Tellers. Guaranteed. 29c 49c 57c¢ with air-tight ir bottom. but un and 69 ra Size fe Ce cable A. from calling. -Tin Cops of a hundred and 1 six su A Bankrupt’s Stock - of Housefurnishings At the Palais Royal HE sale commenced this morning and the rain prevented many when we saw the clerks of a certain “10c store” securing supplies from our ‘3c tables,” then we knew the merit of the bargains s of $15,000 worth of Summer Housefur- nishings, for which less than auction prices were paid 4 1 nges and su Butter Di take | ns. ...Mouse o outia a. Toilet Paper Toals for Chamber 29c fer Glass Rerry Sets, consisting of os cover, RB re, with cover for Mrs. Potts’ Sodirons, three in wusually strong for Medinm, dar Wash LISNER, G Street. Snes A CREOLE ANOMALY. Their Peeuliarisies asa From Leslie's Weekly. The word creole, though generally « posed to indicate an intermixture of F Class, But t Lam are ach Fon ad Ten Dish mae tete tte etetetetptenetn LOLOL LLL IE LIE LOD OO f other articles. for English China Sets 1 size. New-shape. ers.” Fac simile of ut glass pattern, nart size Tce Cream ead of $2 for tly Wringors, white rubber for Galvanized Iron Garbage Cans, Licht in “er md Tendancies and Spanish blood, has become corrupted, and now m 1S any one -born on Louisiana oil. Of all the sets, sects, classes and kinds of creoles known, the Gigi (pro- nounced Gay-gay perhaps is the most | peculiarly interesting, from the very fact that, comparatively Speaking, Mttle is | is French to a As he | ch but properly tinged with They are it comes to racial a African tint to deep olive, al everything Americ: theroughly in of the past genet heart The t blood. fiiliation. In coi it he name is unc It is of the many werds adop the creole pxt 1t was first give: clung, finally ador ficial The Gigi m form a disti cil among themselves ¢ cousizs and kinfolk: for life partners. In tion aver: it proper thing to Paris to fin Orleans. American tronized, A’ the S ©) vout Catholi erican ideas . with the memb: morning the old | difficult to tell one from the other. harry al cult, inter: ven to the ex S taking one n the matter of far b and da aiture bezun i e not being p f the = either very hukewarm General latte of the Gigi ant civil war by perhaps old French p imported responsible for t of slave and mas white and i position in serfdom than unmixed blacks. . complexiondigbtening linued, and the French people, The prejudiced only educa French-sp but in, many to. eslor a score of blood—took a alwa: than Ameri them @ good start “tn tite world: The fi inevitable. In the ter of religion, the women are stanch, process and maintained this race of ing octoroon® springing cases freed them and | known of his existence as a distinet spe- s of genus homo. . m has fre- | avently been mi used to denote any” creole, aking, it belongs to those her white nor colored, when mplex- known from n de- da in ney ent popular mat- ile the men are, for ine or de- Pr. higher ‘con- ys less not ap uture of the Gigi, however, seems In a generation, it is safe to predict, the Gigis, as a distinct class of Society, Americanism. —-s2—__ Will have disappeared from the pic. turesque haunts of New Orleans and come merged into the prosaic world of The Buffalo street car companies-are now receiving 5,000 horse-power daily of elec- tricity from Niagara Falls, an@ it is said at a cost of $36 per to work effectively, horse-power & year. SS OR Jong my throat was told that 4 was the only cure. ‘His bale bad all fallen out, and he was tem sad plight. After taking one bottle of 8. 8. 8. he began to improve, and two dozen bottles cured him completely, so ‘that for more than. six years he has had no sign of the disease. mailed “want” ed. in The Star will reach the| Book om the disease and its treatmoat person who can fill your need.